In this week 20 match, on Saturday Jan 22nd, Hoffenheim will host Borussia Dortmund at Prezero Arena in a clash of these two evenly matched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 0 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Hoffenheim is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Union Berlin. Christoph Baumgartner scored the first goal for Hoffenheim on an own goal in the 16th minute, then Andreas Voglsammer got the equalizer for Union Berlin in the 22nd minute on a feed from Bastian Oczipka Finally they completed the comback victory in the 73rd minute on a goal by Grischa Prömel to cap off a wild match. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Hoffenheim should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Borussia Dortmund recorded a 1-2 loss against St. Pauli. Etienne Amenyido struck first for St. Pauli in the 4th minute on a feed from Marcel Hartel, then Axel Witsel added another on an own goal in the 40th minute. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Borussia Dortmund should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, Borussia Dortmund was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. Giovanni Reyna scored the first goal for Borussia Dortmund in the 49th minute, but Christoph Baumgartner got the equalizer for Hoffenheim in the 61st minute , but luckily for Borussia Dortmund it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory.
Erling Braut Håland has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored 5 goals for Borussia Dortmund. Both David Raum and Ihlas Bebou have been the hottest scorers for Hoffenheim in the last five each having scored 2 goals
Robert Skov, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Pavel Kadeřábek, Ermin Bičakčić, Florian Grillitsch and Marco John are unavailable to play for Hoffenheim, while Mate Morey, Roman Bürki, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Marcel Schmelzer, Manuel Akanji, Giovanni Reyna, Unbehaun, Youssoufa Moukoko and Coulibaly are unavailable to play for Borussia Dortmund.